Off they flew. And Jolly Robin found himself alone with Reddy Woodpecker.
"Ahem!" exclaimed Jolly Robin. "It's a fine morning, isn't it?"
"Delightful!" said Reddy Woodpecker.
"It looks as if you and I were going to have this raspberry patch all to ourselves, doesn't it?" Jolly continued.
Reddy Woodpecker agreed with him.
"We ought to keep others out of it," said Jolly.
Again Reddy Woodpecker was of the same mind as he.
"Then this is a bargain!" cried Jolly Robin. "I'll ask you to guard the place alone for a few minutes while I go home and speak to my wife."
Reddy Woodpecker grinned as he watched Jolly Robin winging his way homeward.
"Humph!" he grunted. "I may as well let that Robin have a taste of these berries. I certainly can't eat them all, nor carry them all home to my family."